Legal Opinion

Waldrop v. Nolan

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 17, 1941No. 13734PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

1. Jurisdiction of an equity suit by creditors of an estate, seeking to recover on claims due them by a deceased person, is not lodged in the superior court of Spalding County merely because certain heirs at law of the deceased reside in that county, no affirmative relief being prayed against the heirs.

2. Nor is jurisdiction of such suit vested in the superior court of such county because of the residence therein of one who had been administrator, but who had been removed; the suit as to him being against him in his representative capacity, and no affirmative relief as to him as an individual…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  2. Bailey v. McAlpinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  3. Railroad Commission v. Palmer Hardware Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  4. Warren v. RushingSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
  5. Evans v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Head v. WaldrupSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  2. Williams v. Lawler Hosiery Mills, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1956
  3. Hopkins v. KiddSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941

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